News Details

Broadcaster slams F1's Saudi Arabia talks

Aug.7 A Qatari broadcaster has slammed Formula 1 for contemplating a grand prix in Saudi Arabia. This week, it emerged that Liberty Media is in talks with the powerful Kingdom for what would be a race on a novel street circuit. One rendering depicts the F1 cars racing underneath a clear-bottomed swimming pool. The Saudi talks were already controversial given the state's human rights record, but now they are also under fire by Qatar broadcaster BeIN Media Group. F1 is currently shown on TV in the region by MBC Group, a Saudi broadcaster, but only after BeIN pulled out after claiming its feed was being pirated by a company called BeoutQ. "For F1 to then reward the perpetrators is a...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Liberty in F1 race talks with Saudi Arabia

Aug.6 Liberty Media is in talks with Saudi Arabia about a grand prix in...
6y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Does F1 need a Saudi Arabia Grand Prix? It might get...

Liberty Media is in talks with Saudi Arabia about a grand prix in the...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Saudi Arabia talking to Liberty about F1 Grand Prix!

Saudi Arabia has held discussions with Liberty Media about bringing...
6y ago from F1i.com

F1 broadcaster fails to show Sainz in Hungary

Carlos Sainz was 'the invisible man' during the recent Hungarian GP. In...
6y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo reveals Yamaha is still “missing...

Fabio Quartararo revealed Yamaha was still “missing quite a lot” from...

Maverick Vinales announces partnership with former...

Maverick Vinales has announced that he will be working with five-time...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou’s Indy 500 win immortalized on...

Alex Palou’s likeness has been added to the iconic Borg-Warner Trophy,...

Ryan Hunter-Reay joins Arrow McLaren for 2026 Indy 500

Arrow McLaren has announced that veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay will join the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'They’ll win PL title for years!' | Sherwood's BOLD...

Tim Sherwood believes that Arsenal will win the Premier League title for...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Why Man United ended up backing out of signing Arsenal...

Manchester United reportedly relied heavily on data to pursue their...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He’s come from the shadow and then perform the way...

Former Arsenal defender Lauren has hailed Jurrien Timber's performances in...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Alarming stat shows how Arsenal could have difficult...

Arsenal look like they have a difficult run ahead of them now that key...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.